Can opener



C. A. TRJPP.

CAN OPENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 192!- 1,43;5,349. Patented Nov 14, 1922;

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Patented Nov. .14, 1922.

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7 Application fileda' February 3, 1921. sen iln 442,104.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, CLARENCE A. Tiiirrp a citizen of the United States, residing at .Mo ave, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can Openers, of which the q I I of the handle forming strip and extends lonfollowing is a specification.

It is'the object of this invention to provide a can opener of extremely simple construction and so arranged as to be particularly applicable for use in connectlonwlth a can having a top provided with a peripheral head, the can opener being so constructed as to provide supports at the respective sides of the cutting blade for engagement.

against the main portion of the top and against the peripheral head of the same during the rocking motion of the opener for cutting the top.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of. the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a can engaged by the opener for cutting the top of the same.

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking in the opposite direction and showing the opposite side of the can opener.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the can opener showing the side thereof which engages the main portion of the can top.

Fig. & is a similar view showing the opposite side of the can opener.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the can opener.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on the line 66 of Fig. 3.

The improved can opener is particularly adapted for use in connection with. a can provided with a peripheral head 1 extending an appreciable distance above the main portion 2 of the can top.

The can opener comprises a handle portion, preferably formed of a looped strip of metal as shown at 3 with the portions of the looped strip brought together at the lower end of the handle as shown at 4, and then arranged in longitudinally parallel and transversely spaced relation as shown at 5 so as to form a support for the cutting blade.

One of the ends 5 of the looped metal strip terminates in a-transversely disposed plate 6 extending along the side of the strip end and projecting beyond the edges of said. side in upwardly curved ends 7. When the de 5 and projects longitudinally beyond the vice is in use the platet "restsfagainst the main portion 2 of thecan top and the handle of the can opener is adapted to be rocked back and forth so as to bring-the ends 7 of theplate against the cantop. y

A strip 8 is'arranged between the ends 5 gitudinally along the inner surface of the .strip end 5 carrying plate 6. At its lower 'end'the strip :Sterminates in a plate 9pxtending the 'widthof strip end 5 and terwidth of bead 1 provided upon a can, so that plate. 9 will rest against said bead while plateG rests against the main portion of the v cani- V i A blade 11 is mounted between strip ends same, the shank of this blade/"being; preferably, tapers downwardly to a point 15 and is provided at its opposite sides with cuttingedg-cs 16, so that the can opener may be moved in either direction around. the periphery of a can. In use itwill be understood that the blade pierces the top of the can until plates 6 and 9 rest against the can top, and when in this position the blade is, preferably, held against withdrawalfrom the can by providing notches' 1.7 in the cut ting edges of the blade just below plate 6 and consequently at the portion of theblade in erably, received against thev inner surface of alinement with the material forming the can top.

In order to prevent lateral displacement of the can opener, as thus described,- the strip end 5 opposite the one carrying plate 6 is, preferably provided with a laterally offset longitudinally extending end 15.

rangement it will be seen that after the cutting blade has pierced the can top, the exten sion 18 will laterally position the can opener, and plate (5 and 9 will limit the depth to which the can opener extends into the can so as to bring the cutting blade into operative position, it being understood that the can opener is operated by swinging the same back and forth upon plates 6 and 9 and the upwardly curved ends of the same.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

l. A can opener comprising a handle formed of a looped strip, a blade received between said loop ends and projecting beyond the same, one oiv said loop. ends for1ning an abutment plate received against the side of a can and the other loop end forming an abutment plate received against the can top, and a strip extending lon itudinally beyond said second loop end and forming an abutment plate received against the head of said can top.

2. A can opener comprising ahandle, a blade projecting from one end thereof, a transversely disposed abutment platehaving upturned ends arranged between the handle and the blade, and a second abutment plate arranged below and to one side of the first mentioned abutment plate, and additional means for preventing lateral displacement of said blade.

A can opener comprising a handle, a blade pro3ect1ng from one end thcreoi', an abutment plate arranged. between the handle and the blade, a second abutment plate 81-- ranged below and to one side of the first mentioned abutment plate, and both of said abutment plates having rip-turned ends.

4. it can opener comprising a handle, a blade projecting from one end thereof, an abutment plate arranged betweenthe handle and the blade, a second abutment plate arranged below and to one side oi the first mentioned abutment plate, and a guiding member extending downwardly from the lower end of the handle and spaced apart from said blade.

5. A can opener comprising a handle, a blade projecting from one end thereof, an abutment; plate arrangedbetween the handle and the blade, a second abutment plate ar ranged below and to one side ofthe' n1en- 'tioned abutment plate, both of said abutment plates having rip-turned ends, and a guiding member extending downwardly from the lowerend of the handle and spaced apart from said blade.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. 

